HW 32: KBR

On page 78 in Baghdad Burning written by Riverbend, the Ministry of Oil tells S that if he is not part of KBR he should not bother to do anything. Everyone was wondering the same thing, who is KBR? What do they do? E. believed the KBR was a committe type group like the CPR, Riverbend though it was just another company. They finally learned after about a week that KBR stands for Kellogg, Brown and Root, a subsidary of Halliburton (Riverbend, 78). KBR works with construction and engineering for the communtiy. KBR is know for more then just constructing, in fact in 1997 KBR was sued 6 million dollars for overcharging the American army on Plywood. The Rashid Hotel is know the headquarters on Kellogg, Brown and Root. Riverbend says, that in other words, foreign companies can never own all of the oil industry but they can have a job in running it, just like they could never fully own Iraq but they can have a part in running the Governing Council.